Weekly Journal- Miner PIONEER PAPER OF ARIZONA. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9. 1910. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR EM Sixty-One Roads Out Of Chicago Interested In Negotiations -Grand Chief of Brotherhood Believes Men Will Vote For Suspension By Associated Press. CHICAGO, HI., Nov. 7. A strike vote -will be taken by the engineers of sixty-one railroads west, south and north of Chicago, following the term ination of negotiations between the Tailroads and the grand officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, which have been under ne gotiation ' since September 26 The "wage . increases asked arc 'approxi mately 7 per cent, but an alteration of working conditions stood between the negotiations. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Engineers, said -tonight that he believed the strike vote would be unanimously in favor of a suspension of the work, and "that the enginemen will have their desire expressed by December 10th. Immediately thereafter, he said,' the ...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910 MINERAL POINT DEVELOPS HER HAS SPLENDID ON DESERT SHOWING RANCH (From Saturday's Daily) Recent determinations in the prop erty of the Mineral Point Mining company in the Black Hills are at tracting considerable interest, due to the highest grade sulphide ore ever found in the district being uncov ered. This was the statement made yes terday by T. F. Peters, a miner, who is located near the camp. He says he inspected the deeper workings, where the ore is in evi dence, and a five foot vein was shown. Tht values were not ascer tained, but -that it is classed as high grade in copper with gold as a by product. The outcome of development is be ing closely watched from the fact that the Mineral Point is the most extensively opened mine in the dis trict. Operations were recently resumed under a reorganization of its affairs, after several months of suspension. The property is under the manage ment of Max Wenzel, mining en gineer and experien...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910 3 VENEZIA ILL IS DROPPING FIVE STAMPS the (From Friday's Daily.) In the Venezia mill five of twentv stamps are dropping on from the main shaft of the Venezia claim. The mill is short of water, but the company is putting in a long pipe line to run the water from the Mineral Springs gulch to the mill by gravity flow. This will enable ten stamps to be dropped instead of five and the other ten will be swung in to commission immediately after snow or rain, which is expected soon Adequate water for every purpose will be supplied from the mam snaft of the mine as sinking progresses. There is an increased flow below the 100 foot level and it is proposed to sink the shaft to a depth of five hundred feet. The Crook Canyon section is .awakening from a torpid condition -simply on account of there being a chance for ore treatment. The Ven ezia mill is of a daily capacity of fifty tons, with ample power and room for additional units to be in' stal...

4 WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINEB, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEE 9, 1910 Tke Arizona Journal - Miner Oldest Paper in Arizona. Established March 9, 1864 Published by THE JOURNAL-MINER PUBLISHING COMPANY Member Associated Press. Published Every Morning Except Monday. J. W. MILNES, Editor and Manager TERMS: Daily, per year . $9.00 Daily, per month , 75 Weekly, per year , 2.50 Weekly, six months 1.50 Weekly, three months 1.00 Payable in Advance. Under the requirements of the new postal law, subscriptions are payable in sdrance in order that the paper may be permitted to pass through the mails as second-class matter. Accordingly, subscriptions' will be stopped at expiration Entered at Postoffice, Prescott, ME. T API'S PROBLEM. (Phoenix Republican.) When President Taft starts on his voyage to Panama' ' this week it will "be the second time that an Ameri can President has journeyed to foreign shores President Roosevelt's trip to Panama being the "first instance and his trip will be' notable in an other respect...

I WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910 'The Social Mirror (From Sunday's Daily.) The marriage of Mr. Charles T. Joslin and Mrs. Ada Miller was sol emnized Friday evening, November 4th, at S:30 o'clock, by the Rev. II. W. Lathe. The house was beautifully decorated in American Beauty roses and carnations. Only the immediate relatives and friends were guests at the wedding, which included Mr. Charles C. Miller, Mr. George X. Mil ler, Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Chever ton and Mr. William L. Dustin. Mr. and Mrs. Joslin left for Phoenix to be the guests of Secretary of the Ter ritory and Mrs. George U. Young dur ing Fair Week, and will then take an automobile trip through Southern Arizona. Upon their return they wili reside at 214 South .Mount Ver non: avenue, which residence was re cently purchased by Mr. Joslin from Mr. Frank R. Stewart. Mr. Joslin arrived in Yavapai eounty in July, 1903, and was the manager of one of the large mines, until the fall "of 1905. His business caree...

WEEKLY J0U2NAL-MINEH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910 RADICALS PASS Judge Doe Delivers That the Initiative and Referendum Are Unconstitutional And Would be so Construed by the Supreme Court Special to the Journal-Miner. PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 4. After a prolonged fight over the question of percentages and the attempts to embody the so-called "Home Rule" plan into the Initiative, the conven tion in Commttee of the Whole adopted 10 per cent for the Initiative and a per cent, for the Referendum. The real fight was over the amend ments, which were designed to make the present segregation act apply to the Initiative, while the drys were "behind the committee's substitute for Baker's proposition, which gives the Initiative to cities, towns, counties! and municipalities. The first test vote was on Cobb's motion to strike out the word ' County.' It was lost by a vote of 12 to 40. The second was the minority rt. port, headed by Cunniff, which was defeated 41 to 11. Webb's amendment, which took awa...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910 7 RALPH CAMERON NEW EQUIPMENT TO VISIT HERE FOR BUGLER NEXT WEEK MINES (From Saturday's Daily) Delegate to Congress Ralph H. Cameron, with Mrs. Cameron and children, passed through Prescott, Thursday, en route to Southern Ari zona, where Mrs. Cameron will be v m,oct fnr several weeks, or Mrs. George U. Young. Mr. Cameron will sisit the extreme southern counties, going to investigate conditions that are to be considered during the com itiir session of Congress in line with public improvements authorizing ap propriations. He expects to return to Prescott within a week, to remain for a few days, and will then go to Mo have county, where he is interested in mining. He has visited the Na tional Capital recently, and states ,af tnpre is prevailing a great amount of interest over the framing of a Constitution for the new State. TTp will leave the Territory on the 25th for "Washington, and has many in,ff matters to present to -UJTU. .uv Cong...

8 WEEKLY JOTJRNAL-MINEE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910 SPECTACULAR RAID FRIGHTENS FRAUDS Federal Revenues increased Ten Million Dollars by New In Hope of NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Ten million dollars is a fair estimate of the amount that the Federal revenues are likely to be increased by the panic that has seized the big importing firms of this city, since the govern ment officials made their raid on one of the largest and wealthiest of the art importing establishments on Fifth avenue and arrested prominent mem Tjers of .the firm. For a long time the authorities have been certain that vats frauds have been practiced upon the Customs by ihe undervalua tion of imparted merchandise and that some of the importers with the largest businesses and the most re spectable reputations were implicated in theie frauds.' For several months past rumors have been flying about the wholesale district of the city that the government was collecting evi dence both hero and abroad against a number of firms. This h...

Weekly Journal -Miner PIONEER PAPER OF ARIZONA. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16. 1910. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR AERIAL NAV1GATI0 ACTOR N S Flight of Curtiss Bi-plane at Hampton Roads Declared to Mark New Epoch In Naval Tactics By Associated Press. FORTRESS MONROE, Va., Nov. 14, Aerial navigation has proved a factor that must be dealt with in naval tactics in future, if the suc cessful flight of Ely in a Curtiss bi plane to the cruiser Birmingham, to day, is to be taken as a criterion. From Hampton Roads, the scene forty-five years ago of another epoch making event in the history of 'war fare, when the ironclad proved its superiority over the former type of fighting vessel, the aviator flew across the lower part of Chesapeake Bay, landing on the opposite shore at the fort. The impact which the machine made when it struck the water, after a thirty-seven foot drop at the bow of the cruiser, split a small piece off the propeller blade, but the speed was not lessened. It dart...

i WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNE SD A Y, NOVEMBER 16, 1910 YAVAPAI AWARDED PRIZE AT THf Nonpareil Peaches and Apples, Dressed in Blue, Blush As Prescott's Charming Twin Sisters Gracefully Serve Sparkling Waters to Thirsty Thousands Special to the Journal-Miner. PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 10. Fol lowing tie award today, at the Ter ritorial Fair of one hundred and forty blue ribbons, including the first county prize for agricultural and horticultural exhibits to Yavapai county, the visitors from that sub division of the Territory are ex changing felicitations and being showered with congratulations by people from all parts of the country. That the Yavapai county agricul tural and horticultural exhibit is not only the best at the 'Fair, but by far the test ever seen at a Fair in the Southwest, is conceded by all. No other county had a chance for the first prize since the curtain was raised the opening day of the great Fair. The exhibit is not only the largest but the exhibits- are of the highes...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINEB, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910 3 NEW POWER LINE NOW NEARING COMPLETION VisitingStockholders Are Pleased With Their Investment Astounded at Magnitude Of the Great United Verde Mine (From Friday's Daily.) After several days spent in ex amining the new line of the Arizona Power company, under construction from Jerome to Fossil Creek, P. J. Clafflin and A. H. Carr, stockholders, returned to the city a few days ago, and left yesterday for their homes in New York City. On this trip they were accompanied by Chief En gineer B. S. Masson. The visitors were astounded at the magnitude of the United Verde Cop per company's interests, viewing for the first time a large copper mine and smelter under operation, as well were they impressed with the exten sive mineral conditions in evidence in that field. They passed through the Verde Valley to the generating source of the electrical service at Fossil Creek, and were again impressed with the perfect system of furnish ing power, a...

4 WEEKLY JOUENAIrMETER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910 Tke Arizona - Journal - Miner Oldest Paper in Arizona. Established March 9, 1864 Published by THE JOURNAL-MINER PUBLISHING COMPANY Member Associated Press. Published Every Morning Except Monday J. W. MILNES, Editor and Manager TERMS: Daily, per year $9.00 Daily, per month 75 Weekly, per year 2.50 Weekly, six months 1.50 Weekly, three months 1.00 Payable in Advance. Under the requirements of toe new postal lair, subscriptions are payable in advance in order that the paper may be permitted to pass through the mails as second-class matter. Accordingly, subscriptions will be stopped at expiration Entered at Postoffice, Prescott, Ariz., as second-class mail matter LET ALL Yavapai county has been awarded first prize for its agricul tural and" horticultural exhibit at the Territorial Fair and one hun dred and forty blue ribbon prizes for the excellence and variety of its fruits and products. Why should we continue to hide our light under...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910 5 i POPULARTEACHER HAS PEGULIAR EXPERIENCE Has Twenty-Five Pupils Who Cannot Speak English Is Making a Success Of Novel Method Of Instruction (From Sunday's Daily.) Jn making his annual examination of the' publia "schools of the connty,; Superintendent Persons has encount ered interesting situations, in one in stance being forcibly Impressed with a condition 'that at no biher point in his jurisdiction is there a counter partthat of the school at Nelson, on the Santa Fe railroad, where not an American child is on the rolls. In addition to that remarkable condi tion, when school was convened a few months ago, not one of the twenty-five scholars had the least con ception of the English language, be ing Mexicans. Miss Kate Fairchild, who was ap pointed as teacher, relieved the sit uation of the serious problem and began her arduous duties with a fairly good knowledge of the lan guage the little ones knew. She adopted a novel course in i...

6 WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910 TOMBSTONE HHN'GHARMMG GIRLS HAS NARROW TO BE GUESTS ESCAPE AT SPRINGS TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Nov. 1L Chas. Melgreen had a narrow escape fiom death, this morning, and is re ceiving congratulations of friends upon being spared from what might have been a tragic end. Mr. Mel green, who has been leasing the Bunker Hill property, was making an. exploration of an old abandoned shaft near the Bunker Hill, when the collar of the shaft suddenly caved, precipitating Mr. Melgreen to the bottom, a distance of over fifty feet. The bottom of the old shaft was filled with timbers and in the descent he was nearly impajed on a projecting timber. A splinter several incnes long was imbedded in his shoulder, which was extracted with difficulty by Dr. Hughart. Mr. Melgreen was badly bruised about the head -and body, but for tunately no bones were broken. Two boys who were hunting in the neigh borhood saw the accidental fall and hurried to the T. C. M. Ca. ...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910 C 2 I ) NEW PLACERS HAVI PLENDID SHOWING (From Saturday's Daily) Tests concluded a few days ago of the Cave Creek placers, situated near Vicksburg, on the A. & C. rail road, have proved conclusively the existence of gold in paying quanti ties, some surprising results being obtained. Five hundred of the 1,000 acres were prospected, but further work was suspended on account of the heavy rains. Arriving yesterday from their camp, H. L. Scott and Charles An derson, who, with Ed. Shumate and Herman Voge, are the owners, an interesting review is given of the new gold field. Mr. Scott, who is one of the original locators, says this was the first extensive exploration by the company, and from the sys tem of general sampling made at various points in that large field, the ground averaged from 50 cents to $3 to the cubic yard. In addition to that return there were many sam ples that ran to a very high figure, which he does not care to men...

8 WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEE 16, 1918 POISONED KILLS TWO MEXICANS fFrom Tuesday's Dally) Srturday night, at the old James Hamilton ranch, in Peeples Valley, one of the saddest and most unfor tunate occurrences took place, "when three Mexican wanderers were pois oned, two dying and one escaping. The men were en route from Ash Fork to Phoenix, and all were trav eling on foot, without food or shelter. Beaching the ranch, which was abandoned o;cr three years ago, the men entered the building and began an investigation of the premises. In the corner of an old room they found a box containing some flour, and a can partially filled with lard. "Without endeavoring to ascertain whether the food was wholesome or not, and all being "hungry, they be gan to make up a dish of their fav orite food, tortillas. This was done and the food was cooked in a prim itive way, no. utensils being in the building. As each began to eat all complained of feeling ill, and after a few mouthfuls wer...

Weekly Journal -Miner PIONEER PAPER OF ARIZONA. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23. 1910. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR OCK Sounds Death Knell To Get-Rich-Qtrick Concerns Members of New York Firms Arrested For Fraudulent Use of Mails By Associated, Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. It is .evi dent the raids were considered im portant, because Postmaster General Hitchcock took, charge in person of the inspectors, and took action against two firms which they charge with swindling the pnblic out of more than forty million dollars through the fraudulent use of the mails, today. . Sheldon H. Burr, president; Eugene H. Burr, secretary-treasurer, and Frank H. Tobey, vice president, of the Burr Bros., were arrested in the -first raid, and held under $20,000 "bonds each. The government charges the firm sold between forty and fifty million dollars worth of mining and oil stock, worth little or nothing. Charles L. "Vaughan, director of the Continental Wireless Telephone and Telegraph company, inco...

2 WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1910 YAVAPAI SOIL IDEAL FOR DRY (From Saturday's Daily) In the Dry Fanning Congress Bul letin just received appears a ques tion from a party in this city, sign ing himself "L. O. T.," answered by R. S. Trumbull, agricultural agent for the El Paso & Southwestern Tail tray. The question and answer are as follows: Question. Would you consider a black loam, in which -there are patches of sandy loam, four and one-lalf to five feet In depth, underlaid with a very coarse gravel, sand and a little clay, satisfactory for dry farming purposes in Arizona! L. O. T., Prescott,. Ariz. ! Answer. I I cannot agree that a sandy sub-1 soil need necessarily be shunned in j the Southwest. In fact, I think a J sub-soil with a liberal amount of t fine sand is better than a typical j clay. I obtained a yield of 27.45 bushels of winter wheat this year, j on a test place, near Corona, a point about 200 miles north of El Paso, on light sandy loam, which was ...

WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1910 GOLCONDA MINE IS REPORTED BONANZA Gold Crown is Being Equipped And Has One of the Largest Exposed Ore Bodies in Mohave County (Mohave County Miner) It is understood that the Golconda Manuel Ruiz has completed the mine is estimated to have broken ore assessment -work on a group of in its stopes to the value of $1,500,000 mines in the Chemeuevis Mountains, besides the great bodies in sight in owned by himself and others. The these same stopes. The broken ore veins ae quite large and show good will have to be milled to put in ship pable shape, but the expense of mill ing is light. All the ores in the dump are naw being handled at a big profit, the average of the raw ore being abont 25 per cent zinc. In the long drift now being driven from the Prosperity mine there is good showings of ore encountered, which will later become a nice milling prop osition. The mine is getting in shape to increase the output mater ially, both from the mill ...

4 WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1910 Tke Arizona Journal - Miner Oldest Paper in Arizona. Established March 9, 1864 Published by THE JOURNAL-MINER PUBLISHING COMPANY Member Associated Press. Published Every Morning Except Monday J. W. MILNES, Editor and Manager TERMS: Daily, per year $9.00 Daily, per month 75 Weekly, per year 2.50 Weekly, six months 1.50 Weekly, three months 1.00 Payable in Advance. Under tfie requirements of the new postal law, subscriptions are payable in advance in order that the paper may be permitted to pass through the mails M second-class matter. Accordingly, subscriptions will be stopped at expiration Entered at PostofEce, Prescott, Ariz., as second-class mail matter WHAT THE OUTCOME. (Nogales Oasis.) During the weeks that the Arizona Constitutional convention has been in session, the Oasis has studied carefully the drift and tendency of that body and has felt and hoped al' along that out of the great amount of crude and unavailable doctrine ...